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Pat Rafferty

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Pat Rafferty, Páidrigín Ní Reachtaire
25th President of the Camogie Association
In office
2000–2003
Succeeded byMiriam O’Callaghan, Offaly

Patricia "Pat" Rafferty (Páidrigín Ní Reachtaire) was the 25th president of the Camogie Association, elected unopposed at the 2000 Congress.[1][2]

Playing career

She played for Eoghan Ruadh, featuring in her club's Dublin three-in-a-row of 1966-68 and winning an All Ireland Club medal in 1967 as well as the related Leinster Club medals that came from winning the Dublin titles on the way to the All-Ireland Club title.[citation needed]

Administration

She became Leinster provincial secretary in 1971 and was a candidate for secretary of the Camogie Association in 1975.[citation needed]

Presidency

During her time as secretary the All-Ireland Minor B Championship was inaugurated and won by Laois, and attendances at the annual camogie championship final started to climb form a level where they had been static for over thirty years.[3][4][5]

Career

She worked as a librarian in the National Institute of Research and Standards.

References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: An Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. Search this book on
  2. Uniquely in the association's history, she contested the same executive position again directly after her successor term had expired. She lost.
  3. Treble boost for Offaly Irish Independent, 15 Feb 2000
  4. Hurling: Attendances up slightly on last year Irish Independent, Sept 28 2001
  5. "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)


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